Sheila promises 50k homes for unsheltered

Updated:
August 04, 2013 19:08 IST

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday promised that by December this year, 50,000 homes to those without shelter would be in place. Additionally, she announced that these homes would be handed out free of cost to people belonging to the Scheduled Class (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), and for a minimal fee-payable over time-to others. Especially pointing to the transport infrastructure development in her tenure, Dikshit said that the Congress is constantly committed in bridging the rural regions closer to the city of New Delhi